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Paralympics 2012 Daily Diary
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I think the issue is that the Irish cyclists have to peak for other events such as the World Championships just to secure some funding (albeit not particularly much). Some of the other teams (GB in particular) are focussed almost exclusively on the Olympic cycle (excuse the pun). Add to that the fact they have just cut more from their £12m or so Budget (over the 4 year cycle) than Ireland actually spends on its Paralympic cyclists, and it's always going to be an uphill struggleYeah I was....and you're right, it is unreliable....one minute it was saying he was 2nd at halfway, then he supposedly hadn't even started, other athletes' names were dropping off the page and re-appearing again....then all of a sudden the official results were in and he was 5th
Gutted for Colin....he's had a hard couple of months in competition from what I gather from following his twitter feed. How do you rate his chances in the road race Beasty? A medal is less likely in that event is it not but you never know?
Colin is a TT/Pursuit specialist, and hence I would not place too much hope on him in the Road Race - some of the other guys may have a better chance, particularly Cathal who has a lot of road race experience (I've raced against him in some of the local vets races). Unfortunately I think Enda is still suffering from his accident a few weeks back (he was really struggling even to get off the bike at the track events last week). Add to that the fact that the 3 guys will be racing against some people who are less than half their age. Having said all that, the road races are far less predictable than the track or TTs and anything is possible
I certainly fancy Mark Rohan in this afternoon's TT and would not be surprised to see him pick up medals for that and the road race0 -
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Medal watch....
IRELAND 6 GOLD 2 SILVER 5 BRONZE 13 TOTAL
Great to see us with a 'Gold Heavy' Medal total again.
Great result for Mark. As Beasty said, the official timing page was completely messed up which made it very difficult to follow that race. But it is another Gold, that's all that matters!0 -
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Maryanne40 wrote: »OMG, I'm so happy!!! I know Mark...I played a bit of wheelchair basketball with him a few years ago.....hope you read this sometime Mark....well done. And 2 lovely bronzes today as well too
An admission of mixed murderball? Your gentile facade is shattered!!0 -
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Medal Watch.... Tomorrow is a relatively quiet day for the Irish in terms of medal chances but having said that there are chances for silverware.
The best chance arguably will come in the form of newly crowned Paralympic champion Bethany Firth when she goes in the Women's SB14 100m Breaststroke. She is ranked 3rd fastest of the field in terms of entry times and given how she reached a new level of performance to claim gold in the 100m Backstroke, her chance of getting on the podium again looks quite good.
Bethany Firth showing off her gold medal:
Keep an eye out for the progress of our road race riders tomorrow. It's probably fair to say that a medal is not expected of them but they are capable of pulling something off in the right scenario.
Ireland are currently in 16th place in the medals table.0 -
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Maybe it's been mentioned already but in Beijing in 2008 we finished 36th on the medal table, with 3 gold 1 Silver and 1 Bronze http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Summer_Paralympics_medal_table
This year the sky seems to be the limit !!!!!! They've already got more Golds this year then medals in Beijing 0
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